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american-novelist fiction truth
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Leo Rosten
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What happened was that after I wrote The Ice Storm I had a period where I was blocked for a little bit, before I wrote Purple America. Rick Moody
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What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. Richard Russo
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On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years. Judith Krantz
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Giving the same value to fiction as to fact in the interest of so-called fairness is to mislead the American people and the press has become party to that. Joe Wilson
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He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Greg Vaughn
american-novelist few jobs knew possible time
Because of my father's dislocated life, I knew intuitively that I wanted to have as few jobs as possible by the time I was married. John Hawkes
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But if all these things were the bits of tinsel and straw I made my nest out of, the way I felt while I worked was strangely different. Edmund White
american-novelist life moment truly
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. John C. Hawkes
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As far as I know I'm doing a book with him on the Jackson trial. Larry Garrison
booked english learned time
As a young actor, I booked a movie in the U.S. I didn't speak any English at the time, so I learned my lines phonetically when I auditioned for it. Demian Bichir
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People call each other when they see new books on the shelves. New books are usually checked out in two days, DVDs in (only) hours. Sharon Chang
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No relevant data which support hypotheses, laws, models and theories could be found in the papers and books by proponents of intelligent design, only unsubstantiated assumptions. Therefore, it can justifiably be viewed as pseudoscience. Mark Perakh
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Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule. Richard Curtis
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Any win is important nowadays. Obviously, Philly has been playing well and their score was posted on the scoreboard before we started. They lost and we knew we had a golden opportunity to gain a game. We went out and did it. So it's two more off the magic number, whatever it is. It's probably 100. But nonetheless, it's another day in the books and we gained a game. Chipper Jones
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These books now stand both as a testament to the resilience of the residents of New Orleans ... and as a map back from disaster, offered by the city's teenagers. Richard Nash
book rewritten stones written
The Stones have written and rewritten the book on touring. Ray Waddell
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The stock looks extremely good in terms of fundamentals, with a book value of 1.64 pesos per share. Nestor Aguila
conception emotion shadow
Between the conception and the creationbetween the emotion and the responseFalls the shadow Joseph Conrad
conception count defies fiction tyrannical work
Count Julian is, simultaneously, a work of fiction and a work of criticism, which defies deliberately a tyrannical conception of genre. Juan Goytisolo
conception god mysteries power
The more I try to unravel the mysteries of the world in which we live, the more I come to the conception of a single overruling power - God. Henry Eyring
conception turned
When I first turned pro, I didn't really have any conception of how long it would take me, Justin Rose
experience financial prepare
As a CPA, I have the experience to prepare financial statements. Bruce Brown
experience problem ride
Our experience has been very, very good. They are very comfortable, one doesn't think that they will be. They ride well ... we've had very little problem with them. John Davis
experience sign walk
Or they can just show up, sign in and walk around and volunteer. No experience is necessary. Sally Paine
experience
Now I've got so much more experience and I feel way more confident. S. Walker
experience good great guy joe learning loss maybe shot someday
Sometimes you need a loss to win. I think it could be a good learning experience for me. Joe is a great champion. I shot for the No. 1 guy in the division. Maybe someday we can do it again. Jeff Lacy
experience limited playing
These sophomores have limited experience at the varsity level. But they are all playing very well as of now. Donna Mechley
experience good grow playing season trying week
This is a new experience for me. I've had a good preparation this season and I'm just trying to grow in my game. I just have to keep playing the same way I have been this week and give 100 percent. Igor Andreev
experience hope last
This is going to be my last year. I hope to get a little experience in the field. Joe Kasper
experience good pilot taken wants
The whole idea is to get someone who has thought about flying, but hasn't taken that first step, to get out there to experience it. That way he can get a pretty good idea if he wants to become a pilot or not. Chris Dancy
god nobody thank
Thank God there was nobody in the pool. Steve Lewis
god thank
Thank God I couldn't see anything out there. Meryl Streep
god numerous people pray stage
I've said numerous times that I play to have a stage that people will listen to, and I pray to God that I do right by my influence. Cam Newton
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That's what she said she wanted to do, ... She said that God told her to do that. Joyce Harris
god
That's not a big bang. God made that. That's a liver. That's mystical. Ted Nugent
god humorous acting
We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. If He is, nothing contrary to His will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys His commands, He must have intended this to happen. Bertrand Russell
god baby children
A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Carl Sandburg
god encouragement giving
God does not dispense strength and encouragement like a druggist fills your prescription. The Lord doesn't promise to give us something to take so we can handle our weary moments. He promises us Himself. That is all. And that is enough. Charles R. Swindoll
god garden thinking
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. Charles Darwin